Can Lightroom 4 print crop marks at the outer page edge for trimming a white border?
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I’m printing photos with extra white space around the image to simulate a mat border, sometimes with a logo in the white area. For example, I may print a smaller image on a larger sheet and then trim the final print to 8×10. In Lightroom 4, is there a way to print crop marks or a thin outline at the outer final trim size rather than around the image itself? I’m using a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8300 roll printer.
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You can add crop marks by setting either the Page > Page Options > Crop marks option (for the Single Image/Contact sheet layout style) or Page > Cut Guides (for the Picture Package and Custom Package layout styles) option to 'Crop Marks' but these will mark the border of the image that you print and cannot be adjusted.
When using the 'Picture Package' or 'Custom Package' layout styles you can use the 'Print border' option to add some white space between the area marked by the crop marks and the border of the image, but based on your picture it likely won't be enough.
If this is the case then you can workaround this by creating a Custom Package with two overlapping Image Cells. The inner cell contains the image you want to print and the outer cell is used to generate the cut lines. The outer cell needs to have no image in it and be larger than the inner cell by the amount of white space you want. Setting the Page > Cut Guides setting to 'Lines' will then generate lines in the position you want.
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Lightroom 4 can print crop marks, but its built-in crop marks are tied to the image cell, not the outer page or final trim size.
What Lightroom offers:
- In Single Image/Contact Sheet: Page > Page Options > Crop Marks
- In Picture Package or Custom Package: Page > Cut Guides > Crop Marks
Limitation:
- Those marks indicate the border of the printed image area and aren’t freely adjustable to mark the outer sheet edge.
Possible workaround:
- Use Picture Package or Custom Package.
- Create two overlapping image cells:
- an inner cell for the actual photo
- an outer cell sized to your desired final trim area, used only to generate the cut guides
- You can also try Print Border to add some separation, though it may not give enough offset for your needs.
So: Lightroom doesn’t directly print trim marks on the outer extent of the page, but a custom-package layout with an extra outer cell is the practical workaround.
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